Container for small articles.



P. B.- SGHRAVBSANDE. .CONTAINER PoR SMALL ARTICLES.

APPLIOATlON FILED AUGiZ, 1911.

1,028,289, A' I l l Patented Junei4,1912.

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PETER. B. scHRAvEsAND,

OF MONTREAL,` QUEBEC, CANADA.

CONTAINER FOR SMALL ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 4l, MM2.

Application file-d August 2, 1911. Serial No'. 641,955.

V To all 'whom z' may concern f nipulation ofthe cover Beit known thatI, PETER B. SonnevesANDE, a citizen of the United States of America, anda resident of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada',have invented certain new and useful Im-V provements in Containers forSmall Articles, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an improved displaypackage or .container for small articles which can be convenientlyinspected by a :l stomer in a store and which will adord a convenienthousehold package of the articles until re quired for use.

Themproved package or container has been more especially designed forcontaining and marketing dress hooks, eyes and loops which haveheretofore been sold in envelops or upon cards. The several articles canbe readily inspected through the display openings which extend over theseveral compartments, and by proper macan be individually removed fromthe package without disturbing lthose which are not desired. v

In order that the invention may be .fully understood, I will firstdescribe the same with reference'to the accompanying drawings, andafterward point out the novelty more particularly in the annexed claims.

In said drawings: Figure l is a plan view of my improved display packageor container, Fig. 2 is an end view, partly broken away, of one end ofsaid container, shown on a larger scale, Fig. 3 is asimilar view of theopposite end of the container, Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional viewtaken on the line 1 -4 of Fig. l, Fig. 5 is asimilar View taken on theline 5-5 of Fig. l, Fig.

i 6 is a face view of one of the cover plates removed from its retainingcap, and Fig. 7 is a partial vertical longitudinal sectional view of theimproved container. g

In the preferred form of the improved display package or container, asshown in the accompanying drawing, I take a rec-v tangular piece l ofsheet metal'or other suitable material, and cut therein two alinedlongitudinal display openings such as indicated at 5 and 6 which leavesa transverse strip 7 of the material separating them. The sheet ofmaterial is then shaped into cylindrical form and secured preferably byplates, the articles' inturned edges or flanges providing a longitudinalseam 8 which forms a rib projecting `on the interior of the cylindricalbody. I next. take a rectangular sheet'of transparent material such asmica, glass or Celluloid, indicated at l and place this on the interiorsurface of the hollow body so as to close the display openings' 5 and 6.A central transverse partition l is then provided of disk form toaccurately litthe interior bore of the hollow body and with a radialnotch 16 to fit over the longitudinal rib' 8. This partition disk l5 isthen'inserted longitudinally in the hollow body so as to engage thetransparent material l0 directly beneath the strip tion divides thehollow body into two compartments and retains the transparent materialin place under the display open- 1113's- To subdivide' one of thelongitudinal compartments I provide a longitudinal parti- .tion platesuch as shown in- Fig.4 5 consisting of a single sheet of metal foldedand bent upon lines 20, 21 and 22to form longitudinal partition plates23, l2st and 25 which are arranged angularly with relation to eachother. The plates 23 and 24E serve to lessen the depth o'f thesubdivisions of the compartment. so as to present the articles containedtherein closer to the display opening in. that end of the package. Thefolded .division plate 25 divides the compartment into twosubcompartments. It

will of course be understood that the partition 23, 24, 25 may beseparate plates properly secured. togetherand in position inthecontainer body.

The open ends of the container are closed by flangedcaps shown at andThese caps are secured to the ends of the container by any suitablemeanssuch for instance, as by upsetting the metal or by pin-punching theoverlapping parts or by solder. rlhe fastening means will of coursedepend largely upon the material of which the container and caps aremade. and is formed with a semi-circular opening 3l leading to one ormore of the container compartments. opening 3l closed by a semi-circularcover plate 32 formed with an integral semi-circular spring 33 and anoutwardly presented lug 34. The plate 32 with its spring 33 litsV snuglywithin the circular flange of'cap 30 so that the opening 31 will beclosed in the 7. The parti? The cap 30 has its' Each cap 30 spring 37and for-opening up held yieldingly 'tral notch 35b plane'of thepartition plate 25..'Ihis cover normal 4position of the plate. The lug34 rests in closed position in a slight indentation-or notch a formed ina iiange of the cap 30. A By this mounting of plate 39, it will beunderstood that the plate can be revolved ,in the cap to throw opentheopenin 31. A second-notch 30b is designed to receive the lug 34 when theplate 32 is moved into open position. The spring 33 tends to yieldinglyhold the lug 34: in engagement with either of the notches 30t and 30h.The cover plate 32 is confined between cap 30 and the end of thecylindrical hollow body of the container. The cap 35 which fits upon theopposite or subdivided end of the container is provided with a similarcover plate 36 having an integral curved a lug 38. The inwardlypresented iange of the cap 35 is formed with the radial notches 35, 35band 35. In the normal closed position of plate 36, lug 38 is inengagement with the cenwhich is in the longitudinal "plate 36 can beopened in either direction communication -with either of 'the twolongitudinal subdivisions ofthe main compartment. I

In theapplication of the invention shown in the drawing, the containerhas three compartments indicated at a', y and a, the rst of which isdesigned to contain dress hooks, and the other two of which holdrespectively the eyes and loops which are used with dress hooks. In Fig.l of the drawing, I have shown but one of each of these articles toindicate the specific use described.

The advantages and operation of the improved display package orcontainer will be understood from the above.

What I claim is: y

1. A container comprising a hollow cylindrical body formed withopenings, a transparent sheet ,covering the openings and a transversepartition4 disk adapted to retain the transparent sheet in position.

2. A container comprising a hollow cylindrical body formed with openingsand having inturned flanges providing a longitudinal interior rib, atransparent sheet covering the openings, and' a transverse partitiondislr adapted to retain the transparent sheet in position and having aradial notch adapted to receive the interior rib.

3. A container'comprising a hollow cylindrical body, and a foldedlongitudinal partition plate bent so as to provide three radialpartitions and compartments.

IETER B. SCHRAVESANDE.

Witnesses:

GERTRUDE I. GIBBoNs, A. G. E. RANKIN.

